Three “extremely dangerous” Italian mafia members have been arrested in Spain, police said

Spanish police said on Monday they had arrested three “extremely dangerous” Mafia members wanted in Italy for crimes including attempted murder, weapons smuggling and money laundering.

police statement He said the suspects were “one of the heads of a dangerous family clan” from Naples, the Camorra, his son and his son-in-law, without naming the three.

They were recently arrested in the southern Spanish coastal city of Marbella, where several members of international criminal gangs have settled in recent years. police Post the video On social media, officers are shown separately escorting the three suspects who appeared to be in handcuffs.

The investigation began when Spanish police discovered that the clan leader, wanted for money laundering, had fled to Spain from Italy.

He was tracked to a house in Marbella equipped with “extensive security features” which he never left, according to the statement.

The police first arrested the son, who faces a 30-year prison sentence and is accused of attempted murder and weapons smuggling, when he left the house heading to the city center.

Police said that before his arrest, the son made several evasive maneuvers to try to avoid detection by police.

The statement added that on Sunday, the police arrested the crime leader and his brother-in-law as they were leaving the fortified house.

The latter faces a 20-year prison sentence on charges of drug smuggling and tobacco smuggling.

“Inside the Camorra in Naples, the detainees are considered men of honor because they adhere to a strict code of conduct,” the police said in a statement. press release.

The operation was carried out with the assistance of the Italian police.

Last October, the Italian police announced the arrest in Colombia of Luigi Belvedere, a fugitive accused of being the mediator between the forces of the country located in Latin America. Drug gangs And the Neapolitan mafia. The Italian police announced his arrest Image released Belvedere visits a grave pablo escobar, Founder and head of the Medellin Cartel, who was killed by police in 1993.